Psalm 117

Psalm 117 is the 117th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people." In Latin, it is known as Laudate Dominum. Consisting of only two verses, Psalm 117 is the shortest psalm and also the shortest chapter in the whole Bible. It is joined with Psalm 118 in the manuscripts of the Hebraist scholars Benjamin Kennicott and Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi.

This article is about Psalm 117 in Hebrew (Masoretic) numbering. For Psalm 117 in Greek Septuagint or Latin Vulgate numbering, see Psalm 118.
Psalm 117
"O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people."
Psalm 117, from the Wolfcoz Psalter, c. 820 – 830
Other name
  • Psalm 116
  • "Laudate Dominum"
LanguageHebrew (original)

In the slightly different numbering system in the Greek Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate version of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 116.

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